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How to play Long Way To Happy on piano
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- F minor
- 4/4
- 82 BPM
- Medium
Learn Long Way To Happy in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Ab – Db – Ab – Db
Long Way To Happy sits in F minor: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Db is Db, F and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AbIIIDbVIAbIIIDbVI- AbAb · C · Eb
- DbDb · F · Ab
- 2
Left hand: Power fifths
Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it lh power fifths (left-hand chords), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pumping chords
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 82 BPM
Put the two hands together over the loop. Start at half speed with the player's speed control, and bring it up once every change is easy.
- 5
Ending: Db – Eb – Fm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbFm- EbEb · G · Bb
- FmF · Ab · C
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Questions about Long Way To Happy
What chords are in Long Way To Happy?
The loop is Ab – Db – Ab – Db (bIII – bVI – bIII – bVI) in F minor, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Fm.
What key is Long Way To Happy in?
F minor, at about 82 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Long Way To Happy?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Long Way To Happy easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.